Where does “elinpiiri” come from?

elinpiiri (Finnish) comes from Finnish elin-, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

elinpiiri (Finnish): home range, habitat

Definitions

  1. home range, habitat

Ancestry of “elinpiiri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelin-living, life
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -in →Every word from Finnish elin- →